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The Amber Hare is on the Way Up

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Promising four-year-old The Amber Hare is continuing to impress and is looming as a strong contender for the $100,000 Norms Daughter Classic and the $150,000 Mares Classic next month. Starting the second fancy at $6.70, The Amber Hare gave a spirited display in the breeze before getting up in…

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Derby distance will suit High Price

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators High Price, an immature three-year-old, was on his best behaviour when he scored an effortless victory in the 2536m 7Mate Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “I’m rapt with the run, and he deserved that win,” said reinsman Gary Hall Jnr. High Price, trained by Gary Hall Snr,…

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Suvaljko’s Perfect Record

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Outstanding young driver Emily Suvaljko improved her record to a perfect three out of three drives when she drove $16.20 chance Boom Time to a dashing victory in the 2130m Home And Away On Seven Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Boom Time, prepared by Oakland trainer Ross…

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Plutonium Set For Big Cups

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing The rich Fremantle and WA Pacing Cups in January are on the agenda for the vastly-improved Plutonium after the six-year-old maintained his brilliant form with a thrilling victory in the $30,000 Australia’s Got Talent Free-For-All at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “The Cups are the aim for him…

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Markham Eyre Flies Home

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Experienced New Zealand-bred six-year-old Markham Eyre caused an upset when he was a $26.70 outsider and charged home, out wide, from eighth at the 350m to snatch a last-stride victory by a head from $4 favourite Finvarra in the $30,000 group 3 Telethon The Kersley Pace at Gloucester Park…

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Never Ending Defies Early Burn

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Magnificent youngster Never Ending had champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr concerned when he fired up and failed to settle down after being hotly challenged in the early stages by $41 chance Rocket City in the $150,000 Channel Seven Perth Golden Slipper at Gloucester Park on Friday night. However, Never…

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Girl Power Reigns Supreme

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators The deft skills of Western Australia’s small but richly talented group of female drivers were on full display at Gloucester Park on Friday night when they set a significant record of landing seven winners on a program. It was indeed a historic record-breaking occasion when girl power reigned supreme,…

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WA MEDIA GUILD FRIDAY’S THOUGHTS 30 SEPTEMBER

The biblical proverb “you reap what you sow” indicates that you must ultimately confront the effects of your deeds. If the quality of 2yo pacing harvest in this year’s crop is any indication, then connections must surely have displayed angelic behaviour through their charge’s upbringing. Publicly proclaimed by many as a prodigious group of 2yo…

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Big Test for Smart Watch

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators New Zealand-bred colt Smart Watch made a superb Australian debut with a runaway victory at Pinjarra on Monday, and he will face an acid test when he clashes with another outstanding New Zealand-bred three-year-old Street Hawk in the 2130m 7News Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Street Hawk,…

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Star Of Diamonds is Ready to Sparkle

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Star Of Diamonds is awkwardly drawn at barrier six in the 2536m Sunrise On 7 Pace, but she is ready to return to her best form at her third outing after a spell. The Bettors Delight mare is trained in Busselton by Barry Howlett and she will be driven…

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Prentice Set for Rare Hat-Trick

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Outstanding trainer Justin Prentice is poised to complete an unprecedented hat-trick by winning the $150,000 Channel Seven Perth Golden Slipper at Gloucester Park on Friday night with the unbeaten gelding Never Ending. The 34-year-old Prentice has trained and driven the winner of the Golden Slipper in the past two…

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Lavra Joe Set for Mount Eden Sprint

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Star pacer Lavra Joe will have a well-deserved rest from racing next Friday night before he tackles the $50,000 Mount Eden Sprint the following Friday. The brilliant four-year-old appeared at Gloucester Park on Friday night for the eighth consecutive week, when he was untroubled to bowl along in front…

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